Corner support for glass rims



Aug. 11, 1931. J. M. KAUFMAN CORNER SUPPORT FOR GLASS RIMS Fiied July 11. 1929 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 11, 1931 um-TEosT rias PATENT OFFICE.-

J'ACOB I.

KAUFMAN, or nn'rnorr, moment, ASSIGHOE 'ro mnmcan snow case a. use. 00., or naraorr, MICHIGAN, A conroaarron or MICHIGAN comma surronr r03. GLASS anus Application filed July 11, 1929. Serial K098773577.

The present invention pertains to a corner support for glass rims designed particularly in displaying merchandise on counters or tables. The principal object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which requires no fastening means liable to break the glass and which may be readily mounted on the top of a table or counter in order to hold two or more plates of glass at an angle to each other. As distinguished from present devices used for similar purposes, the device of this invention also provides means for grasping and holding the glass more securely than has hitherto been is customary, without the use of screws passing through the glass.-

According to the invention, the corner s pport is-a member presenting at least two channels angularly arranged for receiving the ends of two plates of glass at an angle to each other. The mouths of the channels are slightly restricted, andthe channels are made of a spring metal, so that the restricted mouths "will en age tightly with the lass plates received t ierein. Moreover, the p ates are grooved where engaged by the mouth edges of the channel members, whereby an effective gripping means on the plates is pro vided.

The invention is also applicable to intermediate supports for holding abutting edges of aligned plates together with a partition perpendicular to the plates. In this case the support has three channelportions, two of as which engage the aligned plates and the third of which receives the partition.

. The invention is fully disclosed by way of example in the following description and in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a plan view 0 a glass rim assembled according to the invention; v

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, partly insection;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the corner supports;

Fig. .4 1s a perspective view of an intermediate support; 4

Fig. 5 is a cross section of a horizontal support, showing the glass plates received therein;

metallic members presentin Fig. 6 is a similar section of a corner support; and r i Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the glass plates.

Referenceto these views will now be had by'usc of like characters which are employed to desi nate corresponding parts throughout.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the numeral 1 indicates the top of a table or counter on which the glass rim is constructed. The rim consists ofseveral rectangular plates of lass 2 arranged to form a rectangular enc osure, and in some cases, having transverse partitions. The supports for the corners of the rim'are two channels 3 and 4 at an angle to each ot er. The channels are preferabl at right angles, inasmuch as the walls of t e rim are at ri ht angles to each other in most cases. he s ace formed by the backs of the channels is filled as indicated by the numeral 5. At the ends of the channels are right angular legs 6 formed at right angles to each other to engage and fit over the corner of a rectangular table top. The corner supports are preferably cast or otherwise formed in one piece as illustrated i'nFig. 3. In the case of small installations,it is merelynecessary to apply these supports to the. corners of the table top and insert the glass plates into the channels thereof, so that the eight channels thus provided will support four plates of glass.

In larger installations, however, some of the walls of the rim may be larger than any of the plates, and in such cases it is desirable and necessary to provide some means for holding together the several plates that go to make up one wall. Under these circumstances there is provided an intermediate member which presents-two channels 7 and 8 arranged in alignment but in back-to-back relation and faoin opposite directions. A

- third channel mem r 9 is positioned intermediate the channels 7 and 8 and faces at backs o the channels 7 an 8 is filled as at 10, and accordingly the entire structure may right anfgles thereto. The s ace between the be cast as a unitary member in the same mannor as the corner piece shown in Fi 3. The

back of the intermediate member 18 formed with asin le ri ht angular leg 11 which fits over an e ge o the table top 1, so that the intermediate channel 9 faces towards the opposite edge. The lateral channels 7 and 8 receive the ends of aligned plates 2 in a given wall, as clearly illustrated Fig. 1. Similar intermediate members are placed opposite one another along opposite edges of the top 1, so that the intermediate channels 10 9 thereof face one another. and are positioned to receive the ends of transverse glass plates 12 which function as partitions.

It will also be seen that the free longitudinal edges of the channel walls are bent inwardly to a slight extentras indicated by the numeral 13, whereby the mouths of the channels are restricted. Where the glass plates are engaged by these edges, "their faces are grooved as at 14, and the ends of the plates are tapered at 15 Ito facilitate insertion in the channels. The metal constituting the channel walls has suflicient resiliency to permit spreading in order to receive the maximum thickness of the glass plates and then to spring into the groove.

In this manner there is provided a corner support which holds the glass'plates with more firmness than usual and nevertheless may readily be dismantled as is customary in the use of glass rims. Also, there is provided an equally effective means for joining aligned glass plates and at the same time supporting the transverse partitions.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will be apparent that various alterations in the details of construction may be made without departing fromthe scope of the invention as indicated by the appended claims. What'I claim is:

1. A corner support for glass rims comprising a pair of channel members united with their backs at an angle to each other, both free edges of each channel'memb-er-being bent inwardlygwhereby to restrict the mouths of said channel members, and an angular leg extending from said channel members and adapted to engage the edge of a table top, in combination with a glass plate having one end received in one of said channel members and having grooves in opposite faces at said end and positioned to receive ahe bent edges of the receiving channel mem- 2. In a glass rim construction, a channel member having both of its free edges bent inwardly to restrict thetliroat of said member, and a glass plate having one end received in said channel member and having grooves 0 in opposite faces at said end and positioned to receive the bent edges of the channel mem-' her, said end being tapered from the grooves.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

as JACOB M. 

